Last Modified: Tuesday, January 1, 2013 at 3:33 p.m.

Demetrick Edwards, 34, was arrested on charges of possession of a firearm by a felon, openly carrying a firearm and improper exhibition of a firearm.

About 10:45 p.m., deputies arrived at a home in the 700 block of 33rd Avenue Drive East, where a neighbor had reported that six to seven men were standing in the front yard shooting.

Deputies say they saw 34-year-old Demetrick Edwards shoot several times into the air with a .45-caliber pistol. At least three children were present.

Edwards tried to hide behind a fence, deputies say, but was spotted and arrested. A database check revealed that Edwards has seven felony convictions, says the Sheriff's Office, which arrested him on charges of possession of a firearm by a felon, openly carrying a firearm and improper exhibition of a firearm.

A 17-year-old struggled with deputies at the home and was subdued with a Taser, deputies say. As the boy was being arrested, his brother and mother attacked deputies, according to Sheriff's Office.

The boy's older brother, Joel Maldonado, 22, was arrested on an obstruction charge, after he struggled with deputies, the report says.

Their mother, Rosa Espinosa, 39, was arrested on charges of resisting arrest and battery on a law enforcement officer after she scratched a deputy's arm, the sheriff's report says.

When they searched Espinosa's vehicle, deputies found a Mossberg shotgun and a Walther 9 mm pistol in the trunk. The pistol had been reported stolen in Manatee County in 1997.

<p><em>MANATEE COUNTY</em> - Deputies arrested four people when they responded to reports of shots fired on New Year's Eve in a neighborhood near the DeSoto Square Mall.</p><p>About 10:45 p.m., deputies arrived at a home in the 700 block of 33rd Avenue Drive East, where a neighbor had reported that six to seven men were standing in the front yard shooting.</p><p>Deputies say they saw 34-year-old Demetrick Edwards shoot several times into the air with a .45-caliber pistol. At least three children were present.</p><p>Edwards tried to hide behind a fence, deputies say, but was spotted and arrested. A database check revealed that Edwards has seven felony convictions, says the Sheriff's Office, which arrested him on charges of possession of a firearm by a felon, openly carrying a firearm and improper exhibition of a firearm.</p><p>A 17-year-old struggled with deputies at the home and was subdued with a Taser, deputies say. As the boy was being arrested, his brother and mother attacked deputies, according to Sheriff's Office.</p><p>The boy's older brother, Joel Maldonado, 22, was arrested on an obstruction charge, after he struggled with deputies, the report says.</p><p>Their mother, Rosa Espinosa, 39, was arrested on charges of resisting arrest and battery on a law enforcement officer after she scratched a deputy's arm, the sheriff's report says.</p><p>When they searched Espinosa's vehicle, deputies found a Mossberg shotgun and a Walther 9 mm pistol in the trunk. The pistol had been reported stolen in Manatee County in 1997.</p>